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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Boston Scientific Recalls Lotus Valve System Units for Delivery System Malfunction

MARLBOROUGH, MA — Boston Scientific has issued a voluntary global recall for several units of the Lotus Valve System because of breakage issues with the release mandrel, a component of the delivery system. Release mandrel breaks most commonly resulted in...

August 22, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Copper Kills Bacteria and Wins Fans in Health Care

Copper is used in everything from automobiles to air conditioners, but it has one property that makes it especially attractive for medical uses: It kills bacteria A burgeoning opportunity for copper producers relies on a simple premise: that the base...

August 22, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Siemens and INSIGHTEC Sign Strategic Agreement 

ERLANGEN, Germany and HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — INSIGHTEC, the global leader in MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy, announced today the signing of a strategic agreement with the global leader in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Siemens Healthineers. The strategic...

August 19, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Compound from Marine Sponge Reduces Pancreatic Tumor Size

A deep-water marine sponge that contains leiodermatolide has the ability to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and block cancer cells from dividing using extremely low concentrations of the natural compound. Scientists at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute...

August 19, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Why Doctors Want A Computerized Care Assistant For Cancer Patients

A computer may soon be able to offer highly personalized treatment suggestions for cancer patients based on the specifics of their cases and the full sweep of the most relevant scientific research. IBM and the New York Genome Center, a...

August 19, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Wireless ‘Neural Dust’ Could Monitor Your Brain 

Science fiction that features wires connecting brains to computers might now be obsolete. Wireless powered implants, each smaller than a grain of rice, could serve as “neural dust” that can one day scan and stimulate brain cells. Such research could...

August 18, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Spinal Simplicity Introduces Next Gen Spine Fusion Device With New Feature

LEAWOOD, Kan., Aug. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Spinal Simplicity, a medical device company based in Overland Park, Kan., that develops innovative solutions to treat complex surgical problems, recently announced a new generation of their Minuteman G3 fusion device that features an...

August 18, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Listings for Heart Transplants Increase Since ACA Implementation 

Since the implantation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, listings for heart transplants have increased by 17 percent, according to a recent analysis. Meanwhile, listings for liver transplants and kidney transplants only increased 2 percent...

August 17, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Novel Technology May Prevent Burn Scarring

A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University and Harvard University has devised a new non-invasive method to prevent burn scarring caused by the proliferation of collagen cells. They are using short, pulsed electric fields prevent the formation of burn-related...

August 16, 2016